People's National Party

The People's National Party (PNP) is a social democratic and socialist political party in Jamaica, founded in 1938. The PNP is the oldest political party in the Anglophone Caribbean, and the party held the majority of seats in the colonial parliament from 1955 to 1962 and the majority of seats in parliament from 1972 to 1980, from 1989 to 2007, and from 2011 to 2016. Prime Minister Michael Manley, who led the country from 1972-1980 and from 1989 to 1992, led the PNP to success in elections, and the party would constantly fight with the Jamaican Labor Party for control of the government.